diff --git a/hw/arm/musicpal.c b/hw/arm/musicpal.c
index 9648b3af44..726ae29394 100644
--- a/hw/arm/musicpal.c
+++ b/hw/arm/musicpal.c
@@ -1696,7 +1696,7 @@ static void musicpal_init(MachineState *machine)
     dev = qdev_create(NULL, TYPE_MV88W8618_AUDIO);
     s = SYS_BUS_DEVICE(dev);
     object_property_set_link(OBJECT(dev), OBJECT(wm8750_dev),
-                             TYPE_WM8750, NULL);
+                             "wm8750", NULL);
     qdev_init_nofail(dev);
     sysbus_mmio_map(s, 0, MP_AUDIO_BASE);
     sysbus_connect_irq(s, 0, pic[MP_AUDIO_IRQ]);